Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield was 8,269 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Ghana stood at 8,269 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Ghana peaked at 8,380 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Ghana 76th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1965 | 5,284 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1966 | 6,216 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1967 | 6,604 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 6,604 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,750 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1970 | 2,500 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1971 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 3,144 kg/ha | +57.2% |
| 1974 | 2,938 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 3,904 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1976 | 2,988 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1977 | 3,066 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 3,085 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 3,000 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,759 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1982 | 2,750 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 2,767 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 2,875 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 3,000 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 2,885 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 3,227 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1988 | 3,875 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1989 | 3,381 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1990 | 3,765 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1991 | 3,750 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 3,763 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 3,777 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 3,791 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 3,805 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 3,819 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 3,834 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 3,848 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 3,862 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 3,746 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 3,760 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 3,785 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 3,819 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 3,864 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 3,920 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 3,753 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 3,750 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 5,888 kg/ha | +57.0% |
| 2009 | 8,125 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 2010 | 8,000 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 7,636 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 7,667 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 7,900 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 8,100 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 8,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8,116 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 8,130 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 8,149 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 8,171 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 8,380 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 8,369 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 8,229 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 8,269 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 8,269 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,550 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 8,269 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,114 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +57.2% | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,144 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +57.0% | 3,750 kg/ha | 5,888 kg/ha |
| 1963 | +50.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha |
| 1969 | -43.2% | 6,604 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +38.0% | 5,888 kg/ha | 8,125 kg/ha |
| 1970 | -33.3% | 3,750 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,384 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 6,604 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,913 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,904 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,052 kg/ha | 2,750 kg/ha | 3,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,801 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 3,862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,441 kg/ha | 3,746 kg/ha | 8,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,990 kg/ha | 7,636 kg/ha | 8,149 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,284 kg/ha | 8,171 kg/ha | 8,380 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 41.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2128 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 692.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4821 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Ghana?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Ghana was 8,269 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 8,380 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for eggplants (aubergines) — yield?
- Ghana ranks 76th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.